Wednesday, October 8, 2014

KHL October 8th, 2014

Welcome to another day of KHL action. There are three games today. Also, keep an eye out tonight for NHL hockey, with the season debut with four games tonight. In Russia, we begin with...

Atlant Mytishchi hosting Jokerit Helsinki. Riku Helenius and Atte Engren are the goalies. Helsinki began in the first period with a Steve Moses goal, assisted by Ryan Gunderson and Petr Koukal. Mytishchi tied it with an Andrei Taratukhin goal, via Oleg Yashin and Yaroslav Dyblenko. Jokerit retook the lead in the second period on a Linus Omark goal, with a lone assist by Moses. Helsinki added on with a power play goal by Tommi Huhtala, powered by Juhamatti Aaltonen and Gunderson. Atlant shot back in the third period as Artyom Chernov scored a power play goal, thanks to Sergei Shmelyov and Dyblenko. This only made it 3-2, the final, with the three stars going to Moses, Gunderson, and Dyblenko.

Into St. Petersburg, where SKA welcomes Medvescak Zagreb. Barry Brust faces a lesser foe in Evgeny Ivannikov in goal. St. Petersburg was first to score with a first period goal by Jimmie Ericsson, assisted by Ilya Kovalchuk and Viktor Tikhonov. Zagreb tied it in the second period with an unassisted power play goal by Mark Katic. SKA took the lead back on a Patrick Thoresen power play goal, powered by Tony Martensson and Roman Cervenka. St. Petersburg added on in the third period on a Vadim Shipachyov goal, guided in by Evgeny Dadonov and Artemy Panarin. Medvescak pulled back on a Bill Thomas goal, coming off of Martin St. Pierre and Anthony Stewart. SKA shot back as Ilya Kablukov scored, thanks to Igor Makarov and Anton Burdasov. St. Petersburg iced it on a Martensson empty net goal, going in unassisted. The three stars of the 5-2 game were Martensson, Shipachyov, and Kablukov.

Finally, Dinamo Riga brings in Slovan Bratislava. Johan Backlund and Jakub Sedlacek are in the blue paint. Bratislava led off in the first period with a Milan Bartovic goal, assisted by Tomas Netik. Slovan added on in the second period as Matt Murley scored an unassisted goal. Riga got on the board with a Gunars Skvorcovs goal, courtesy of Kaspars Saulietis. Bratislava answered with a power play goal by Murley, powered by Ladislav Nagy and Tomas Starosta. Slovan extended the lead in the third period as Netik scored, with a lone assist by Bartovic. This was good for a 4-1 win, with the three stars going to Murley, Bartovic, and Netik.

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